[7] Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.
Tunc descendit de montibus cum equitibus in virtute magna, et obtinuit omnem civitatem, et omnem inhabitantem terram.

[8] And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
De universis autem urbibus assumpsit sibi auxiliarios viros fortes, et electos ad bellum.

[9] And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming.
Tantusque metus provinciis illis incubuit, ut universarum urbium habitatores principes, et honorati simul cum populis exirent obviam venienti,

[10] And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes.
excipientes eum cum coronis, et lampadibus, ducentes choros in tympanis, et tibiis.

[11] And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
Nec ista tamen facientes, ferocitatem ejus pectoris mitigare potuerunt :

[12] For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.
nam et civitates eorum destruxit, et lucos eorum excidit.

[13] For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.
Praeceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex, ut omnes deos terrae exterminaret, videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus, quae potuissent Holofernis potentia subjugari.

[14] And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
Pertransiens autem Syriam Sobal, et omnem Apameam, omnemque Mesopotamiam, venit ad Idumaeos in terram Gabaa,

[15] And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united.
accepitque civitates eorum, et sedit ibi per triginta dies, in quibus diebus adunari praecepit universum exercitum virtutis suae.